He said LEGAL RESIDENTS. -----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 10:20 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Closing the border
works for short trips, less so for longer stays. Some people are here for years quite legally, you know. I was here for about five years before I applied for a green card. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Once again, I do not think you should be allowed to get a driver's > license in the US if you are not a citizen or legal resident. If your > Canadian license expires while you are here, tough shit - go back to > Canada and get a new one. It is your responsibility to make sure your > driver's license is up to date. My license was due to expire when I > was in Scotland, so I made sure to renew it before we left. I know, > its that whole common sense thing getting in the way again. > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> forgot to address this. Suppose you were there for several months and >> your license expired while you were there? I think my dad went through >> something of the kind while we were in France, though I don't remember >> if he resolved it by getting a French license. I am also sure that >> this arose while we were in Washington, as he'd been gone from Canada >> for years by then, but again, I don't know what he did. I do know that >> my sister and I got Maryland driver's licenses. >> >>> I went to Scotland 2 years ago and drove all over the place. But I did >>> so under my WV drivers license. I doubt I could gave gotten a Scottish >>> license while I was there. >>> >>> On Wednesday, April 28, 2010, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> You said it was a privilege that is or should be (I forget and am not >>>> going to look it up) restricted to citizens and legal residents. What >>>> about my dad when he moved here? He was here for three years as a >>>> foreign correspondent for a chain of Canadian papers. The visa is a >>>> non-resident visa. What about all the Canadians who live in Florida >>>> six months a year? >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I never said tourists would not be allowed to drive, they should, as >>>>> long as they have a valid driver's license in their own country. >>>>> Tourist != illegal immigrant >>>> >>>> well, I think it's more something along the lines of this: If you are >>>> desperate enough to cross illegally, you probably don't own a car. >>>> >>>>> However, tourists should not be allowed to get a driver's license in >>>>> the United States if they are not citizens or legal residents. But, >>>>> somehow I doubt an illegal immigrant would want to use the driver's >>>>> license from their country of origin. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> whatever. It's a privilege sure but I don't think it has anything to >>>>>> do with immigration status. Are you saying that Canadian tourists >>>>>> should not drive? The Florida economy might take a hit then, and all >>>>>> the states between there and Quebec ;p >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In America, driving is a privilege afforded to the citizens and legal >>>>>>> residents of each state. If you are here illegally, you are not a >>>>>>> citizen or legal resident of a state, therefore, you should not be >>>>>>> allowed to get a driver's license. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What's next? Should illegals be allowed to get social security >>>>>>> numbers? Be allowed to vote? Run for public office? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What you call prejudice, I call common sense. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> well, they did get insurance, actually, before REAL-ID forced New >>>>>>>> Mexico to verify citizenship before issuing a driver's license. Your >>>>>>>> prejudices are showing. A driver's license doesn't legalize anyone's >>>>>>>> immigration status. It's just a license to drive. It does however >>>>>>>> allow people to get insurance. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 7:00 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Well, you can't have it both ways. New Mexico stopped requiring proof >>>>>>>>>> of citizenship for driver's licenses so people could get insurance, >>>>>>>>>> and got their hands smacked for it, If you want people to have >>>>>>>>>> insurance, they have to be able to get a driver's license. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> So, your solution to the problem is to a legalize the illegal activity? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> How about making it more difficult for illegals to get driver's >>>>>>>>> licenses? I somehow doubt there are a huge number of illegal >>>>>>>>> immigrants lining up to get auto insurance. They are already breaking >>>>>>>>> the law by being here, does anyone really think they will start caring >>>>>>>>> about the law when it comes to auto insurance? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I do not think illegal immigrants should be allowed to get driver's licenses. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> Scott Stroz >>>>>>>>> --------------- >>>>>>>>> You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can >>>>>>>>> wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://xkcd.com/386/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? 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